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1 & 2 Samuel Series Lesson #023

September 1, 2015 Dean Bible Ministries www.deanbibleministries.org

• Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.

THE ESSENCE OF TRUE FREEDOM 1 SAMUEL 4:1

Outline

• 1A. Yhwh prepares to deliver Israel by a great

change, 1 Sam. 1–7

• 1B. Yhwh causes Samuel to be born,

1 Sam. 1:1–2:10

• 2B. Yhwh orchestrates the collapse of the old
• rder [Eli], 1 Sam. 2:11–4:22
• 1C. Yhwh’s first announcement to judge the

arrogance of the old order, 1 Sam. 2:11–36.

Outline

• 1A. Yhwh prepares to deliver Israel by a great

change, 1 Sam. 1–7

• 2B. Yhwh orchestrates the collapse of the old
• rder [Eli], 1 Sam. 2:11–4:22
• 2C. Yhwh calls the first prophet of the new
• rder, 1 Sam. 3:1–4:1a
• 1D. Yhwh trains Samuel through Eli,

1 Sam. 3:1–10

• 2D. Yhwh calls Samuel to begin his

prophetic ministry, 3:11–18

• 3D. Yhwh validates Samuel’s prophetic

ministry, 3:19–21

Outline

• 1A. Yhwh prepares to deliver Israel by a great

change, 1 Sam. 1–7

• 2B. Yhwh orchestrates the collapse of the old
• rder [Eli], 1 Sam. 2:11–4:22
• 3C. Yhwh causes Israel to be defeated and

allows the Ark to be captured to demonstrate His sovereignty over the enemies of Israel and their gods, to cleanse Israel of the corruption of the priesthood, and to teach Israel to trust in Him alone. 1 Sam. 4:1–22

POST-FALL Designed to restrain

PRE-FALL Designed to promote productivity and advance civilization

The Divine Institutions

• 1. Individual responsibility
• 2. Marriage
• 3. Family
• 4. Government, judicial
• 5. Nations

1124 BC 1106 BC

Ammonite Oppression Philistine Oppression

1084 BC

Battle of Aphek

• ca. 1104 BC

(1 Sam. 4)

Battle of Mizpah

• ca. 1084 BC

(1 Sam. 7:11)

Jephthah, 1150–1100 BC Samson, ca. 1123–1084 BC Samuel, ca. 1115–1020 BC

Saul, 1075–1010

1050 BC

• Deut. 17:14, “When you come to the land which

the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’

• Deut. 17:15, “you shall surely set a king over

you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

• Deut. 17:16, “But he shall not multiply horses

for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ ”

• Deut. 17:17, “Neither shall he multiply wives

for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

• Deut. 17:18, “Also it shall be, when he sits on

the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites.

• Deut. 17:19, “And it shall be with him, and he

shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,”